Dec. 1, 2015
Machinery leasing can be a viable alternative to buying but there are some important aspects to consider before making a final decision. According to Tina Barrett, executive director of Nebraska Farm...


Dec. 1, 2015
By all accounts, winter rye is in a renaissance. Cover crop craze aside, the rebirth of winter rye appears to be driven more by its utility as a forage crop, especially in the corn silage growing areas of the U.S...


Nov. 30, 2015
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation has selected Rob Cook as a new pasture and range consultant in the Agricultural Division. As a pasture and range consultant, Cook will assist ag...


Nov. 30, 2015
Feed shrink has become a hot topic as dairy and beef margins erode in the current agriculture industry setting. Using research estimates, forage shrink loss per year in harvested U.S. forages is 14 percent...


Nov. 30, 2015
Kuhn was recently awarded two AE50 awards from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The AE50 award was given to Kuhn for its FC 3160 TLR side-pull disc mower conditi...


Nov. 27, 2015
Case IH announces the award-winning 2000 series Early Riser planter featuring an all-new row unit. Building on a tradition of Agronomic Design℠, these rugged new planters have been engineered to ope...


Nov. 25, 2015
Amy E. Hays was selected as the Noble Foundation’s educational services manager. Hays previously worked with the Texas AgriLife Extension service. The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation has select...


Nov. 24, 2015
Up to $10,000 in prizes will be awarded in the third annual “Forage Analysis Competition,” being held in conjunction with the 2016 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit. Cumberland Valley Analytical Service...


Nov. 24, 2015
Dave Whalen, Director of regulatory affairs and new trait development for Forage Genetics International HFG: We’ve been talking about transgenic low-lignin alfalfa varieties for a long time. How does it feel...


Nov. 24, 2015
The reduced-lignin alfalfa era is barely out of the starting gate, and though we don't know for sure what its magnitude of impact will be, most industry experts agree that it will be significan...